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overequipping

overequipping is the present participle and gerund of overequip.

Meaning of overequip

Verb

overequip (third-person singular simple present overequips, present participle overequipping, simple past and past participle overequipped)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with too much equipment.
    • More precisely, he is overequipped: among the items he takes from London are a collapsible canoe, a Union Jack, six linen suits, an astrolabe and a portable humidor.2007 September 4, Margalit Fox, “Bill Deedes, Journalist in Britain, Is Dead at 94”, in New York Times

Questions about overequipping

What is overequipping the present participle and gerund of?
Overequipping is the present participle and gerund of overequip.

Words near overequipping in the dictionary

  1. overenunciates
  2. overenunciating
  3. overenunciation
  4. overequip
  5. overequipped
  6. overequipping
  7. overequips
  8. overerupt
  9. overerupted
  10. overerupting
  11. overeruption

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